Vi (Vodafone Idea) is Now A 5G Ready Network

Описание: Vi (Vodafone Idea) is Now A 5G Ready Network.Vodafone Idea network is 5G ready. Vodafone Idea said that it will be able to launch 5G whenever spectrum is made available through auction. It has upgraded its 4G network with 5G architecture and other technologies like dynamic spectrum refarming (DSR) and massive MIMO to make it 5G-ready.

"Our network is very much 5G-ready. When 5G auction takes place, we will be able to launch 5G. However, there is a need to develop India 5G use cases. India is unique and some global use cases might not be relevant," Vodafone Idea MD and CEO Ravinder Takkar said during the AGM meeting.

Vodafone Idea, he said, is working with the telecom department on 5G use cases and how trials will be done. "Very soon we will get 5G trial specrtum. We will be testing use cases that we have shared with the government," he said.

Vodafone Idea recently joined Reliance Jio Infocomm, Bharti Airtel and state-run Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) in naming European equipment makers as preferred partners for 5G trials, effectively shutting out Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE.

In response to a fresh Department of Telecommunications (DoT) demand for a set of “priority vendors” for 5G trials, Jio has named Samsung, Nokia and Ericsson besides applying to trial its own technology. Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea have opted for Finland's Nokia and Sweden's Ericsson while BSNL plans to partner state-run Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DoT), said people with knowledge of the matter. Vodafone Idea will also conduct trials with US-based Mavenir.

On the network expansion, he said, that board has approved additional fund raising and Rs 15000 crore debt funding and potentially another Rs 15000 crore equity funding. "The total of those two or a combination has to be around Rs 25,000 crore. The business plan that we have put together for the company that is sufficient fund for us to be able to continue network expansion and compete effectively in the market place. We are positive."

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